The Paris Bourse is currently stable at around 7040 points, after a favorable start to the week but marked by the absence of Wall Street.

The reopening of New York after the extended weekend of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day' weekend should help set a trend, while the Paris index has already gained 9% since January 1.

Investors are gearing up for a busy day on the economic indicator front, with a number of corporate results also on the agenda.

After an initial salvo of results on Friday, the major US banks will continue to take center stage today, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley reporting.

The day will also be rich in statistics, with the release - later this morning - of the ZEW index of investor sentiment in Germany, followed by the New York Fed's Empire State index this afternoon in the USA.

Overnight, investors learned that China's GDP had grown by 3% in 2022 despite the resurgence of the epidemic in the country.

In company news, Technip Energies announced that, in a joint venture with Samsung Engineering and Tecnimont, it had won a pre-construction services contract (PCSA) for the onshore infrastructure of the Hail & Ghasha gas development project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Danone announces a global action plan to reduce methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 30% in absolute terms by 2030, equivalent to 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 by that date.

Finally, Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with Appworks to supply Thailand with the MEOLUT Next solution for locating distress signals.

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